The Dean of the Faculty of Educational Foundations, UCC, Prof. Eric Nyarko-Sampson, has called on Government to provide the needed financial and logistical support for the effective implementation of the Double Track System.

Prof. Nyarko-Simpson said the challenges of the implementation of the Free Senior High School in 2017 should serve as a lesson to Government. “We want to see that the infrastructural challenge facing senior high schools does not rear its head again because that is the reason why the Double Track System has been introduced,” he advised.

A senior lecturer at the University of Dayton, in the United States of America (USA), Dr. Dorothy Mensah-Aggrey, has called on leaders to empathise with their followers to ensure their holistic development.

Dr. Mensah-Aggrey said the application of emotional intelligence played a significant role in a leader’s ability to impact positively in the lives of his or her followers. She said a leader should be able to understand the emotions of their followers in order to help them overcome their fears and problems confronting them.

The Institute of Educational Planning and Administration (IEPA) held a Colloquium on the theme, 21st Century Skills for Educational Administrators at the University of Cape Coast Auditorium on Wednesday, 6th June, 2018. The Colloquium came out with a Communique as follows: